"I made my career off posing in swimsuits and doing all the swimsuit issues and posters, but I will tell you that that little bit of material on an itsy-bitsy bikini - taking that off was very nerve-racking the first time."

“You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they work and they have to create a life for the audience in 90 minutes and make them believe.”

Source : "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Charles Durning". Playbill On-Line Interview, www.playbill.com. February 22, 2000.

“I was very sensitive. I liked everything that touched fantasy and beauty. I dreamed of being a ballerina, but Mother said I was too big, too long.”

“It was so much more comfortable to be able to divide people into heroes and villains and expect them to play their allotted part.”

“The word of God is very important to Christmas. For unto us a child was born, and we should be reminded of how Christ's amazing journey came to be.”

“You think that you can hide; you think you can lay low? I'll roll up on your ***** like Hawaii 5-0!”

“Current education policy is not in the interests of women. An injustice is being perpetrated.”

“Nana...how come being happy and making your dreams come true are two different things? Even now, I still don't know why...”

Source : "Nana". Manga series by Ai Yazawa, July 2000 – June 2009.

“The good and the bad, the sugar and the salt, the kicks and the kisses—what’s come before and what will come after, you and me—”